course-schedule

Kolloquium (Kolloquium)

Termin:
14-täglich | Dienstag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 07.04.2025 - 11.07.2025 | C 12.009 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Das Kolloquium bietet eine Orientierung für Studierende die ihre Bachelorarbeit schreiben. Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer erhalten die Möglichkeit, ihr eigenes Vorhaben vorzustellen und zu diskutieren. Besprochen werden darüber hinaus auch Fragen im Zusammenhang mit der Bachelorarbeit (Themenfindung, Fragestellung, Theorie, Aufbau, Formalia, Zeitmanagement und Motivation, häufige Fehler)

Introduction to International Relations (Vorlesung)

Dozent/in: Tobias Lenz

Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 07.04.2025 - 11.07.2025 | C HS 3

Inhalt: International politics is a key subject of daily news: from the Russian invasion of Ukraine via the strategic rivalry between the United States and China or the international spread of the coronavirus to the diplomatic haggling in large international negotiations, such as regular United Nations climate negotiations. This lecture gives a systematic introduction to the academic study of international politics focusing on three core areas: war and peace, functional international cooperation, and international political economy. Within each area, first we describe key structures and developments, both historical and contemporary, by drawing on core concepts, second we examine how each of these areas is governed at the international level, and third we introduce the most important explanations that have been developed in each of these areas.

Qualitative Methods (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Tobias Lenz, Natascha Zaun

Inhalt: This module introduces students to a variety of qualitative methods and seeks to encourage their reflective usage and application. After introducing students to the epistemological and methodological differences between qualitative and quantitative methods and the basic rationales for doing each, the course will start with formulating research questions amenable to using qualitative research methods. Subsequently, the course focuses on acquainting students with a core set of qualitative research methods as well as associated designs. Topics covered include single and comparative case studies, (Baysian) process-tracing, ethnography and participant observation, content and discourse analysis as well as interviewing. The course finishes with a concrete application of a selected research method. The course addresses issues not only of methodological foundations and research praxis, but also of ethics and research transparency.

Course Schedule

Veranstaltungen von Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

Lehrveranstaltungen

Kolloquium (Kolloquium)

Introduction to International Relations (Vorlesung)

Qualitative Methods (Seminar)